In a press release timed to coincide with the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Philips has announced a “digital silicon photomultiplier technology by scaling it from a single-pixel sensor to a fully integrated 64-pixel sensor with a sensing surface of over 10 square centimeters.”
Capable of counting single photons (the basic quantum units of light) and detecting their arrival time with an accuracy of around 60 picoseconds, Philips’ new digital silicon photomultiplier technology will allow faster and more accurate photon counting in a wide range of applications where large-area ultra-low light detection is required.
This has notable medical applications in increasing the sensitivity and quantitative ability of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning.
Full press release: Philips Makes Major Progress in the Development of a Fully Digital Light Detection Technology…